3.23 million international visitors to the emirate by the end of August

18.6 million hotel nights in Dubai in 8 months

India was the top source market for international visitors to Dubai between January and August 2021. Photo: Ashok Verma

Data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) revealed that the emirate received 3.23 million international tourists during the first eight months of this year, at a time when the total number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last August, reached more than 129,000 rooms.

The data, which "Emirates Today" obtained a copy of, indicated that the number of hotel nights (reserved rooms) in Dubai reached 18.67 million nights, compared to 12.08 million nights in the corresponding period last year, with a significant growth rate of more than 54.5 %.

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detail, data from the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing in Dubai (Dubai Tourism) showed that the emirate received 3.23 million international tourists during the first eight months of this year.

The data indicated that India came at the forefront of the exporting markets for international visitors to Dubai, during the period between January and August 2021, registering more than 435,000 visitors, followed by Russia with 236,000 visitors, while the total number of visitors from the United States reached 149,000 visitors, followed by Russia. Saudi Arabia, which ranked fourth with 145,000 visitors.

According to the data, France recorded 138,000 visitors and came in fifth place, followed by Egypt in sixth place with 117,000 visitors, then the United Kingdom, which recorded 95,000 visitors, compared to 92,000 from Kazakhstan, and 91,89,000 from Oman and Ethiopia, respectively.

Hotel rooms In

addition, the number of hotel rooms in Dubai, at the end of last April, reached 129,389 hotel rooms, among 717 hotel facilities.

Five-star luxury hotel rooms accounted for 35% of the total size of the hotel market in Dubai, after it reached 44,803 hotel rooms within 133 hotel establishments, followed by four-star hotel rooms by 28%, registering 36,735 rooms. hotel among 166 properties.

Hotels classified between three stars and one star accounted for about 18% of the total hotel market in Dubai, with a capacity of 23,566 hotel rooms within 232 hotel facilities.

The number of medium and luxury hotel apartment facilities reached 186, comprising 24,285 apartments, with hotel apartments acquiring 19% of the total hotel capacity in Dubai.

Occupancy

The statistics showed that the occupancy rate in all hotel establishments in the Emirate of Dubai recorded 61% during the first eight months of this year.

She pointed out that the period of stay of guests during the period between January and August increased to 4.6 hotel nights, compared to 3.9 nights in the same period in 2020, while the number of nights (reserved rooms) reached 18.67 million overnight nights, compared to 12.08 million nights in the corresponding period from Last year, with a significant growth rate of more than 54.5%, while the average daily price of a hotel room amounted to 359 dirhams, with an average return on available room of about 218 dirhams.

Source of visitors The

region of Russia and the CIS ranked first in terms of the source of visitors to Dubai, by geographical region, having acquired 19% of the total number of visitors, followed by Western Europe with 18%, and then South Asia with 17%.

The share of the Middle East and North Africa region reached 14% of the total number of visitors, while Africa and the Arab Gulf region recorded 10% each, America 7%, North and Southeast Asian countries 4%, and about 1% from Australia.

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Five-star luxury hotel rooms account for 35% of the hotel market in Dubai.

129.3 thousand rooms The total number of hotel rooms in Dubai by the end of August 2021.

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